Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, Part 59 summary
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In Canonization of Saints and the Declaration of Martyrs, the argument identifies the naming of saints and martyrs as a means of securing power by encouraging ordinary people to resist civil rulers. It links resistance, even unto death, to papal excommunication that labels those rulers heretics or enemies of the Church.
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- The argument presents the naming of saints and martyrs as an eighth means of securing power.
- These declarations lead simple people to resist their civil rulers’ laws and commands, even at the cost of death.
- Papal excommunication labels the rulers heretics or Church enemies, which the unnamed authorities interpret as enemies of the Pope.
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